NEWS
Student teacher from Hiroshima University arrives on campus from Japan
Yuko Kamidera is a senior at Hiroshima University on their education track, who has spent the last few weeks at Elizabethtown College. Japanese universities, unlike their American sister schools, start their academic year in April. Often times, upperclassmen like Kamidera spend their spring break leading up to the new year job-hunting. But Kamidera decided to
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Kraybill to give keynote speech for SCAD
This year’s Scholarship and Creative Arts Day (SCAD) will feature Dr. Donald Kraybill of the Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies, who, as the kenote speaker will be discussing the growth of the local Amish community despite their reliance on tradition. Kraybill, Elizabethtown College’s expert on the Amish, will solve riddles both big and
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Emergent Scholars luncheon recognizes, rewards sophomores
On Sunday, March 8, a luncheon was held to honor Elizabethtown College’s 2015 Emergent Scholars. The 54 sophomores and their chosen mentors spent time celebrating their accomplishments and appreciating the high standard of academics they have been able to attain as members of the Etown community. To be an Emergent Scholar, a student must maintain
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CAMPUS LIFE
Pop culture smorgasboard serves sauciness
It is great to be back writing for the Etownian this semester. But I was having trouble picking what my first article should be about; especially since there has been so much to talk about in the last few months. So I decided to do something a little different this week by doing a rapid
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Professor responds to Elmhurst’s LGBT admissions article
After reading Duc T. Dam’s “Prospective college students’ sexual orientation questioned” article in the Jan. 26, 2012 issue of the Etownian, I would like to present a few thoughts. Overall, I found the article to be supportive of the LGBT community. However, there are three points of which readers should be aware. Elmhurst College asked
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Workplace policies create monetary strife
The air is thick with talk of employment policies. Discrimination, harassment, workplace bullying — all, we’re reminded, stuff to be avoided. Training sessions for employees are being conducted, with the College’s lawyers holding forth with unseemly relish on statutes and Title VII and suchlike. Attendance at these sessions is mandatory. And what if you don’t
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